Civic Commons

“Complete Freedom of Movement”: Videogames as Gendered Play Spaces by Henry Jenkins Excusez mon langage, mais… This essay really pissed me off. Although much of the research that Jenkins cited is a bit dated, it still struck me as a bit sexist and ignorant. I tried to fight this feeling, as it did consistently refer […]

This is a response to an article on thumbbandits.com called Best Femal Game Characters of 2008. They made a list of 10 women they were proud to have in gaming (the site being run by all female gamers) and three women that they felt were runners up. The list goes as follows: Zoey from Left4Dead […]